Many times we do not stop in places due to ignorance, not knowing what to do or what to do. The town of Espita was a wonderful gift on the road, my luck was that I stopped.
Sometimes I go out without a concrete plan of where I am going to sleep, which allows me to choose as the day goes. Espita was not in my plan, I was on my way to Cenotillo and Tunkás to photograph their cenotes, but I was tired, the day was half cloudy and I did not know for sure if there was a lodging where I was going.
When I crossed Espita I saw an accommodation and I stopped to ask: conversing with the hotel boy, very kind as the rest of the spiteños with whom I spoke, he told me that there was un Very nice cenote in the vicinity. That was enough to change my plan and end up sleeping in Espita: that's how simple the changes are sometimes.
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Where to eat in Espita
Once found lodgingI was missing where to eat. In the towns you always find a place to have breakfast near the markets and various places of cheap cuisine, sometimes without advertising, within the same houses. They are not easy to see if you are not used to it.
The simplest is to ask, the friendliness of the locals of these lands always leads to good things. On this occasion I simply passed a place where several nuns ate and entered. A success: tasty food and good price.
Mildred's restaurant, who has a good hand behind the stove, they know him as La Doña (behind the Municipal Palace, 22 street with the 23). They told me that Espita is famous for desserts like arepas, so you have to try the sweets and other delicacies next time.
Hacienda and cenote Kancabá:
Hospedaje and full belly is all that the traveler needs, I already had my basics in Espita, I just needed to go out and visit the cenote.
It was another nice surprise cenote Kancabá, which takes its name from the old Hacienda henequera. This area was prolific in haciendas, where they cultivated the so-called green gold, A species of Yucatan native cactus. From the leaves of the henequen, their natural fibers are extracted for the manufacture of yarns and fabrics for domestic, commercial, agricultural and industrial use. The henequen it marked the social and economic life of the Yucatan region, where everything revolved around it from 1850 to 1950. The old train tracks, a means of transportation for the henequen, cross the town of Espita indicating this not so distant past.
The Kancabá Hacienda has been renovated to offer lodging, and allow access to the fantastic cenote inside the property, something very common in the estates. This place deserves a full entry into the wanderings of these lands, you will surely like it.
What else to do in Espita?
Other attractions to visit in Espita are the Pom archaeological zone, it is at the west exit, the old railway station, the Sociedad Progreso y Recreo cultural center, the bullring or the church of San José.
Walking Espita is savoring Yucatan: its central park, the gazebo, the Willys and its thunderous music, the cultural house, the tricitaxis and motorcycle taxis, the combis waiting to be filled, the couple romance in the park, the men talking in the shade of the trees, the ladies with their huipiles in the market, street vendors.
I don't need much more to spend a good afternoon wandering around. Pure Yucatan sober, humble, welcoming and kind at heart.
Espita was and continues to be one of the traditional populations of the Peninsula. Something basic to know the historical importance of a population is to look at the church: if it has two large towers on the side of the main facade with their corresponding bell towers, it tells us that it was a large city, in the smallest towns the temples do not have towers.
This is because the towers were paid in the form of a tithe to the Church, as a contribution from the settlers. If they were few inhabitants, they did not come to pay for their towers, in well-known cities they did. The temple of the town of Espita It is one of those that gives a very long shadow, a place with history and pleasant surprises.
On more than one occasion he had gone through Spigot When going to Izamal, the interior highway has nice sections and I like to drive through here. This time I had the fortune to stop and get to know Espita a little, now I know that I will return and eat where Mildred, the good is repeated.
Spita, towns
LOCATION: Espita is located east of Mérida, 80 km from Izamal and 49 km from Valladolid. Tizimin, entrance to the tourist corridor of the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, is only 27 kilometers from Espita.HOW TO GET IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? A Spigot Transportation arrives from Tizimín, 22 pesos the half-hour journey. Direct combis leave Merida only on Monday and Tuesday morning. Tizimín is perfectly connected with Valladolid, Mérida and other important towns in the area.
ADVICE FOR VISITING ESPITA: Espita festivities are from December 19 to 26, on those dates better book accommodation. At Easter it is still full. The hacienda and cenote Kancabá It is located at 6 kilometers from Espita, north exit to Sucilá. Follow a wooden sign with the name Kancabá, and more than 4 kilometers along a dirt road. Entrance to Cenote 20 pesos.
ACCOMMODATION: Hotel Posada Georgina and Posada San José. I stayed in the first one, very good value for money.
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Hello ! I want to congratulate you and thank you for sharing all your experiences of such varied discoveries. You express yourself so beautifully and positively of everything, that you make it unique. As good young novices, we have just started looking for places to "discover": cenotes, beaches, ruins ... I just discovered your blog and I was amazed with everything I read and the photos too! You capture the moment and I almost feel like I'm discovering beautiful places with you. I will continue reading for new adventures.
Carolina, what an illusion your comment, what a majeta! 🙂 I am glad that I can help you to get to know, you are going to enjoy a lot here. Anything you need, you know how to find me.
A hug playense!
It is said that Espita is the Athens of Yucatan because there live people of much prosapia and cultural heritage, I was hoping that this article spoke a bit of that or at least interviewed one of so many people with history in Espita, the article is excellent, beautiful shots of the city's painting, like its church and the houses that evoke colonialism and exuberant nature with the Yucatecan cenotes. Congratulations for your work.
Hi Humberto, thank you very much for your contribution. I do not take away even a bit of reason as to delving a bit into the history of Espita to know it better. However I am not a journalist, but a photographer and traveler, and I try to encourage people with interest to visit beautiful places in the Peninsula. When I do not know something in depth, I prefer not to copy and repeat like parrot what others wrote before. I understand that you know little, I write your comment to improve.
Best regards,
Congratulations a great report Yucatan and Quintana Roo are one of the beautiful and natural states of so many that our country Mexico has and I thank you infinitely for all the wonders that you say of what you know thank you very much I would like to continue reading about your travels because I feel that I am living what I read, I imagine the places because, due to economic conditions, I can not travel as I would like to say hello and have read your report.
Thanks to you Lilia for your nice comment and the time to spend here, I'm happy to say hello and get to know you a little bit. Are you from Espita Lilia?
A hug,
Congratulations Sandra! As you say, you're not a reporter but a photographer. And what kind of photography! Excellent pictures of my beautiful Villa de Espita. You capture the beauty and the essence and you frame it in an almost magical environment, which makes us wonder: I was there and I did not realize so much beauty !! And although you do not say reporter, you have a style that interests and motivates you to continue reading your article. Thank you for staying and looking at my Spit and for promising to return to the places, colors and flavors of my land and the warmth of my countrymen.
You are very generous with your comment, I thank you Edgar. Honestly I liked Espita a lot, I enjoyed the place and the occasional talks. Return back, and I will like to continue learning from the place. I wish I had the knowledge of a reporter as I pointed out to my friend Humberto, I would certainly get more interesting material from Espita. Life is to continue adding, growing and learning.
My best wishes for Espita, I hope to be at parties this year with the camera on my shoulder.
Best regards Edgar, and thanks again.
I loved your story ..!
Already organizing
That trip to go back to Espita!
Excellent, how happy I am
Best regards Guillermo,
EXCELLENT PHOTOS AND DESCRITIONS. HOW TO PRACTICE EVERYTHING YOU DO
I really appreciate your words Faust.
A big hug 🙂
Excellent recommendation, thanks
Thanks for your comment Greter, it's always appreciated 🙂
Good morning, excellent post.
A question you mention the archaeological site of Pom, I could ask you more information about it, such as location and description.
Greetings.
Hello Jonatan, I have not visited it yet, I owe this information to you. I want to go back to Espita to see Pom and a new cenote in the area, but I won't go until a few months from now. Best regards, I hope you find the information